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Cmdr. Ian Lafreniere told QMI Agency that Jun Lin, 33, was the man who was killed and dismembered in a west-end Montreal apartment last week, triggering a global manhunt for the29-year-old Magnotta, a former porn actor.

"(Lin's) family has been contacted in China to explain the terrible news," said Lafreniere.

Lin had been in Montreal since last July, but has been missing since May 24.

He was officially reported as missing Tuesday.

There is a missing-persons notice for the student on the Chinese consulate website, and police have reportedly been showing his picture to residents in Magnotta's old apartment building.

The international crime-fighting group Interpol has joined a global manhunt for Magnotta, who might have fled Canada days after the killing. Montreal police believe the Toronto native was headed to France under a false name.

Magnotta also goes by the names Eric Clinton Newman and Vladimir Romanov, police said. He is white, 5-foot-10, 135 lbs. with blue eyes and black hair.

Police have issued an arrest warrant for Magnotta on charges of second-degree murder and indignity to a human body.

Magnotta apparently hitchhiked his way to Ontario one week ago, not long after Lin was killed, cut to pieces and partially eaten in Magnotta's one-room apartment.

The grisly slaying made headlines around the world after a severed foot was mailed to Conservative headquarters in Ottawa and a hand, destined for a Liberal office in the nation's capital, was intercepted at a Canada Post depot.

Lafreniere was asked about several experts who have told QMI Agency that the crime bears the hallmarks of a serial killer.

The spokesman said it's unlikely the perpetrator has killed others in the past but detectives aren't ruling it out.

On Tuesday, a janitor in Montreal found a dismembered torso in a suitcase, triggering the police investigation and manhunt.

In a gruesome twist to the case, a graphic and deeply disturbing video emerged online, showing a murder and dismemberment.

Police confirm that they are analyzing the video that shows a man being stabbed to death with an ice pick and then being cut into pieces.

"Some investigators have been doing this for more than 30 years, they say they never saw something that disgusting," Lafreniere said.

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Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect related to the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29, 2012. PHOTO FACEBOOK

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Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect related to the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29, 2012. PHOTO FACEBOOK

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Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect related to the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29, 2012. PHOTO FACEBOOK

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Luka Magnotta. (Veronica Henri/QMI AGENCY FILE PHOTO)

Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Porn actor Luka Magnotta has been named as a suspect in sending a human hand and foot through the mail, discovered in Ottawa on Tuesday. These are screengrabs from a September 2007 video done by Joe Warmington and Veronica Henri at the Toronto Sun.

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Luka Rocco Magnotta.

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Porn actor Luka Magnotta has been named as a suspect in sending a human hand and foot through the mail, discovered in Ottawa on Tuesday. These are screengrabs from a September 2007 video done by Joe Warmington and Veronica Henri at the Toronto Sun.

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Porn actor Luka Magnotta has been named as a suspect in sending a human hand and foot through the mail, discovered in Ottawa on Tuesday. These are screengrabs from a September 2007 video done by Joe Warmington and Veronica Henri at the Toronto Sun.

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Porn actor Luka Magnotta has been named as a suspect in sending a human hand and foot through the mail, discovered in Ottawa on Tuesday. These are screengrabs from a September 2007 video done by Joe Warmington and Veronica Henri at the Toronto Sun.

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

Porn actor Luka Magnotta has been named as a suspect in sending a human hand and foot through the mail, discovered in Ottawa on Tuesday. These are screengrabs from a September 2007 video done by Joe Warmington and Veronica Henri at the Toronto Sun.

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Luka Magnotta is seen in a screengrab from a September 2007 video done by Joe Warmington and Veronica Henri at the Toronto Sun.

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Porn actor Luka Magnotta has been named as a suspect in sending a human hand and foot through the mail, discovered in Ottawa on Tuesday. These are screengrabs from a September 2007 video done by Joe Warmington and Veronica Henri at the Toronto Sun.

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

PHOTO LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM

Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

PHOTO LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM

Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

PHOTO LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM

Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

PHOTO LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM

Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

PHOTO LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM

Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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A composite sketch of what Luka Magnotta might look like disguised as a woman, drawn by forensic artist Diana Trepkov, and a Facebook photo of Magnotta. (QMI Agency)

Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)

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A photo of Luka Magnotta's Grade 10 high school yearbook photo from I.E. Weldon Secondary School in Lindsay, Ont. (QMI AGENCY)

This picture released on May 31, 2012 by Interpol as part of an international wanted persons alert for Canadian Luka Rocco Magnotta who is suspected of killing a man and sending body parts to Conservative headquarters and a Liberal office in Ottawa. (Interpol photo)

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Luka Magnotta, then known as Eric Newman, in his Grade 6 yearbook at Joseph Howe Public School in the Scarborough area in Toronto. (Supplied)

Porn actor Luka Magnotta has been named as a suspect in sending a human hand and foot through the mail, discovered in Ottawa on Tuesday. These are screengrabs from a September 2007 video done by Joe Warmington and Veronica Henri at the Toronto Sun.

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Eric Clinton Newman, alias Luka Rocco Magnotta is the main suspect in the case of the body found in Montreal and the foot and the hand found in Ottawa, on Tuesday May 29 2012. (PHOTO TAKEN FROM HIS PERSONAL WEBSITE LUKA-MAGNOTTA.COM)